Work is due to begin next month on a £20m 'super hub' at the headquarters of cold food storage and distribution firm Yearsley Group, which will create up to 150 jobs.

Work is due to begin next month on a £20m 'super hub' at the headquarters of cold food storage and distribution firm Yearsley Group, which will create up to 150 jobs.

The project will see Yearsley create a new 160,000 sq ft facility at its Heywood base.

Russells Construction, based in Trafford Park, has been appointed to carry out the works.

Planning permission was granted last year for the development at the Hareshill Distribution Park.

The new cold store will provide 40,000 pallet spaces, doubling Yearsley's capacity at the site as it looks to create a northern 'super hub' for distribution to retailers and food service organisations.

Managing director Harry Yearsley said: “The Heywood cold store is currently near to full capacity so the expansion of our operation is in direct response to demand. It will become the first of two national 'super hubs' for Yearsley Group, enabling us to consolidate more stock in single, strategically-located stores, thereby increasing efficiency and reducing carbon output.

“The extension of Heywood will ultimately provide us with a frozen storage capacity of more than 80,000 pallets in one north west location, helping us to better meet the storage needs of manufacturing customers and the delivery requirements of retail and food service customers across the country.”

Yearsley is looking at locations in eastern and southern England for its second 'super hub'.

The firm has more than 1,200 employees in total and serves customers including Heinz, Brakes, Tesco and Asda. It has 12 depots nationwide and a fleet of 300 vehicles.

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